Further evidence of all that was lost when Premier Will Hodgman rejected Leo Schofield’s plea for an increase in funding to Hobart Baroque … all the while offering Comfort tp Forestry (well it’s only a few million) Premier Hodgman was delivered Hobart Baroque on a plate … and sent it back to the kitchen …
BRISBANE BAROQUE STORMS THE HELPMANN AWARDS WITH EIGHT NOMINATIONS
The inaugural Brisbane Baroque has moved into the big league of national festivals with an impressive eight nominations in the 2015 Helpmann Awards, announced last night.
The festival’s production of Faramondo received massive national critical acclaim, and has now been recognised by the arts industry with the most award nominations for an opera at this year’s event.
The nominations …
Best Opera
Faramondo
Best Direction of an Opera
Paul Curran
Best Music Direction
Erin Helyard
Best Costume Design
Gary McCann
Best Female Performer in an Opera
Jennifer Rivera
Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Christopher Lowrey
Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Anna Devin
Anna Starushkevych
“After winning a Helpmann Award last year, we are thrilled that Brisbane Baroque has been recognised so significantly on a national level with the highest amount of nominations for an opera production in 2015,” says Executive Director Jarrod Carland.
“The Helpmanns are Australia’s most prestigious performing arts awards,” he said.
“Like the Academy Awards, the Tonys and the Golden Globes, it is a tremendous honour just to be nominated. We have our fingers crossed for the end of July when the winners are announced, but in the meantime we’re celebrating this year’s success.”
Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Chief Executive John Kotzas congratulated Brisbane Baroque on receiving such a high number of nominations for the nation’s most coveted arts industry awards.
“This recognition is a tribute to Festival Director Jarrod Carland and Artistic Director Leo Schofield’s presentation of a sensational inaugural festival, showcasing the best of international and Australian early music performance exclusively in Brisbane,” says Mr Kotzas.
“We also would like to acknowledge our fellow nominees and wish them luck,” adds Mr Carland.
“It is such a thrill for Brisbane Baroque to be recognized in the company of the very finest on offer around the country.”
For a full list on nominations:
www.helpmannawards.com.au
The inaugural Brisbane Baroque was presented from 10 – 18 April 2015 in association with Queensland Performing Arts Centre and supported by Tourism and Events Queensland, Arts Queensland, the Federal Ministry for the Arts, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Brisbane Marketing, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Camerata of St John’s, Opera Queensland and the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School.
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• phill Parsons in Comments: Now Hodgman wants to spread Dark MoFo across the State. It only works with investment Will so why would anyone believe you are serious when you killed a working festival because of a supposed lack of money that you appear to be ready to splash about now? Do you actually know what a plan is and how you implement one successfully?. Having succeeded in sending Baroque to Brisbane your government continues to prop up the failed GBE Forestry Tasmania when even members of the Advisory Board can see it won’t work.
